West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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t1ons our hearts fluttered ln ant1c1pat1on of our Junlor Prom Kmg Steve Hartcr and his bclle of the ball Queen Connlc Iustman relgned ovcr a world of Make B9l16V9 ccrtalnlv lt was one of thc most beautlful proms cver held at Vlest Bcnd Hlgh A momentous occaslon the ILIIIIOI' Prom xx as the cllmax to another eventful vear one not soon to be forgotten And then wc were semors The last of our fam ous four had comc and gone more swlftly than one could posslbly rmaglne Early 1n the tcrm we elected the followlng offlccrs whose capable w ork should be commended R1 hard Foell Presldent George Roth enmaler Vlce Presldent Margle Huber Secretary and Marv Eklo lrcasurer Recognltlon IS also 1n store for the Student Senate offlcers under whose leader sh1p the students of WBHS strove to better them selves and thelr school 'l hev are Glenn Varnes Presl dent Ph1l Runge V1ce Pres1dent and Jane Schroeder Secretary Treasurer Throughout the year we falth fully followed the Badgers ln thelr sports encounters our cute candldate for the Homecomlng Court of Honor was Beverly Klrcher We took part 1n and at t1mes excelled ln the var1ous extra curr1cular act1v1 matlcs sports chorus and band the Campus Cllpper and the Bend Two senlors deserve add1t1onal credlt for thelr 0l1tSt31'ld1llg debate work durlng thelr hlgh school years Sonia Bernhardt and Chuck Gelger traveled to Callfornla durlng the summer of 1955 as representa tlves of WBHS 1n the Natlonal Debate Tournament Indlvldual honors are too numerous to mentlon but acknowledgement IS due to the many senlors who helped 1n var1ous ways to achleve our hlgh class P091 txon and record It IS dlfflcult to belleve that these carefree fun f1lled hlgh school days are now a part of the past No longer w1ll we partake 1n the many act1v1t1es offered at WBHS No longer w1ll we be an actual part of the eager expectant crowd of students v1ew1ng a sports event No longer w1ll we hurry 1nto the last ITllIlLlt6 decoratmg for Frlday mght dances or attend them w1th the same feel1ng of belongmg There w1l1 be no more bonflres plays concerts floats There w1ll be only memor1es memor1es of joyous moments happ1 nesses wlth t1mes of sorrows edged between them and last but by no means least memor1es of the hus tle and bustle of graduatlon our verv last t1e wlth l1fe ln hlgh school RachclF1nch Nlarx Eklo Karen Rehwaldt Barbara Bauer and Dxanne Shaw surprxse 'Sir Hlldebrand on hus blrthdax college Dax spcaker talks wlth Don Sager and Bob Pomahac Kathleen hKlllldmS Bex Bcxer and Rachel I-mch help on I'hc Bend 'NI1 Anton Staral countx clerk talks to the Brldes C lub ' q ' x ' 1 x H ' . . x ' v ' x , x . x ' I ll A ties offered. including clubs, forensics, debate, dra- 7 7 9 ' x v ' ' , f V . ,. . ' '

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Seniors Memmee Are Afaale 0 TL Graduates Yes the day of depart ure from the halluavs of West Bend Hlgh School has fmally arrlved for the class of 1956 Four of the best years of our lxves have been spent rn 1ts classrooms and corrldors now those years are but a part of the past And yet the many yesterdays fulfllled there the t1mes of laughter joy sor row and tears have not completely faded 1nto obl1v1on for the memorles w1ll hnger on Who can ever forget those f1rst freshman davs as we gazed rn wlld eyed wonder at the hugeness and strangeness of hlgh school The be w1ldered GXPTGSSIOHS on our green countenances must have brought many an amused glance from the upperclass men who stood sllentlv by watchlng our s1lly and anlmated act1ons Our greenness soon vanlshed and w1th the a1d of our class offlcers Rlchard Beth Raymond Krels and Sally Brown we gradually fam1l1ar1zed ourselves w1th th1s new way of l1fe By the close of the f1rst term we were a well adjusted freshman class we had settled down to a busy and profrtable year and had enjoyed the experlences that hlgh school had to offer Thus feelmg confldent and con tented we began w1th a bang our second year at WBHS As day after day sllpped away our llst of accom Semor Class offlcers rnclude Presldent D1ck Foell Treasurer Mary Eklo V1cePres1dent George Rothenmaler Secretary Malgle Huber Vlrll you please srgn my Bend? 16 SENIO plrshments grew slzeably and our honors multr pl1ed Class electlons gave us the followmg as offlcers Charles Cropper Rlchard A SChm1dt and Rachel Flnch We jumped for Joy when Sally Brown our candldate for the Homecomlng fes t1v1t1es was announced as Queen we were proud of Soma Bernhardt who took part ln the extemp oraneous speaklng d1v1s1on of the Natlonal Forenslc Contest held 1n Pennsylvama 1n 1954 Wlth the half vnay mark of our hlgh school career at hand evldent were the reallzatron of a hlghly successful two years thus far and the urge to contlnue at an even greater pace than before The JUHIOI' year proved to be the most 6XC1t mg and meanlngful of the four terms When class elect1on t1me rolled around we were confronted Wlth the chooslng not only of a class presldent but also of the prom klng as vell After a perlod of cons1derable campalgnmg lt was txme to vote and Steve Harter emerged v1ctor1ous from the hectlc hubub the reclplent of the two fold honor Other class officers 1ncluded Jerry Wolf and Dlanne Shaw Fred Strey was re elected as VICE presldent of the Student Senate and Karen Rehwaldt served as secretarv treasurer of the organlzatlon What a thr1ll every one of us ex perlenced as we glomngly dlsplayed our class rlngs for the f1rst tlme And then the hrghllght of the vear drew near From the frrst crazy mxxed up meetmg to the last m1nute prepara . . l - 0 0 o L lb F . . . Y Y V 7 - 7 v . I ' BL 7' 7 nf . . . . , , , , 1 1 ' - ' ' . V - ' . . , . 7 7 . c , . . . . I K - Q - 1 X - 7 . Y - 7 - U . ,, . . .. . 1 U I . , . . . . -- Y . . , , . . V . - Q H . - Y . I 5 . 7 . . ,g-'I I ' , , .. Y . I . . . I 7 7 ' sf 1 ' X I Y - 1 Ili , . . Q . , 4 I ' 1 ' v ' Ll . - H . ,, . .

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ere was progress made Ivy gif s anal boys al- 6 'P-1' Fred Achterberg Elame Allardmg Marcxa Arndt Carolme Baer Leroy Baertlem r n -nr 19' 'Z 'ff' Barbara Bauer Sandra Bauer Martha Baumer Gordon Becker Dorothy Bellm 1? -.1 -09 Yi ru- l x Son1a Bernhardt Rlchard Beth Beverly Bever Bernadlne Blazel D3Vld Blazel YY? Robe-lt Boldt Marlls Boeldt Bettv Boesen James Bowelman B01 mee Blmkman 5' , bv X I ' X 1 A, X ,y X 'A f x J W A 1, db f X Abax L O N Z I 1 f , ., dx B fp 7 -:' Q B 0 18 . .,SENVORS